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1. Christmas Vacation (1989)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy

The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki

Votes: 220,252 | Gross: $71.32M

2. Hail, Caesar! (2016)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes

Votes: 143,240 | Gross: $30.50M

3. Trumbo (2015)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.

Votes: 84,813 | Gross: $7.86M

4. S.O.B. (1981)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama

A successful movie director makes the most expensive film in his career and it becomes a huge flop. He tries to salvage his career by reshooting the film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman

Votes: 6,487 | Gross: $14.87M

5. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

PG | 84 min | Comedy

In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron

Votes: 26,964 | Gross: $10.60M

6. Full Frontal (2002)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, David Hyde Pierce, David Duchovny, Nicky Katt

Votes: 11,310 | Gross: $2.51M

7. Jimmy Hollywood (1994)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A failing actor living in crime infested Los Angeles, frustrated with his career, decides to take the law into his own hands, and becomes the leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and turns them over to the police.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe

Votes: 3,649 | Gross: $3.69M

8. The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967)

60 min | Comedy, Music

Primary focus on the multi-talented Kaye - singing and dancing his way through comedy skits and monologues - assisted by semi-regular guests, singers, dancers and orchestra.

Stars: Danny Kaye, Sally Stevens, Harvey Korman, Joyce Van Patten

Votes: 211

9. Isn't She Great (2000)

R | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Bette Midler and Nathan Lane star in this comedy about Jacqueline Susann, the ambitious woman of dubious talent who wrote Valley of the Dolls, a best-selling novel that became a sensation.

Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce

Votes: 2,557 | Gross: $2.96M

10. The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.

Director: Mark Rappaport | Stars: Dan Butler, Don Ameche, Johnny Arthur, Lucille Ball

Votes: 323

11. Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004 Video)

9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

A documentary about the parodies of Hollywood films.

Directors: Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng, Rudolf Ising, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Keith Scott, Leonard Maltin, Jerry Beck, Chuck Jones

Votes: 188

12. Backstory (2000– )
Episode: Gentleman's Agreement (2001)

24 min | Documentary

Darryl F. Zanuck ignores the protests of his peers and makes a movie about antisemitism called Gentleman's Agreement (1947).

Directors: Michele Farinola, Mimi Freedman | Stars: Rudy Behlmer, David Brown, Julie Garfield, Mel Gussow

Votes: 24

13. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: Big Max Calvada (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

A man with suspected underworld connections asks Rob, Sally and Buddy to write a comedy routine for his no-talent nephew - a favor they fear for their lives to either decline or accept.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 289

14. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: Ham Radio (1997)

TV-G | 23 min | Comedy

Frasier tries to direct an old-time radio drama for KACL, but his over-directing turns the show into a complete disaster - just as Niles predicted.

Director: David Lee | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 2,025

15. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Shopaholic (1995)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

The marriage of her former intended (who threw her out in one of those crushing scenes) turns Fran into a shopaholic. Only a kiss from Mr. Sheffield snaps her out of it.

Director: Dorothy Lyman | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 341

16. That Girl (1966–1971)
Episode: The Russians Are Staying (1971)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A Russian conman takes advantage of Ann.

Director: Homer Powell | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell, Lew Parker, Bob Dishy

Votes: 30

17. Bored to Death (2009–2011)
Episode: The Case of the Lonely White Dove (2009)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A smitten Russian parolee contracts Jonathan to track down a chanteuse known as "the Lonely White Dove." After a vodka-fueled reconnaissance mission at the Brighton Beach restaurant where ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Heather Burns

Votes: 422

18. So You Think You Can Dance (2005– )
Episode: The Top 10 Perform (2009)

TV-PG | Music, Reality-TV

We're down to the Top 10 on the sixth season of "So You Think You Can Dance" and for the first time, the decision on who stays and who goes will rest solely with the voters.

The judges were ... See full synopsis »

Stars: Cat Deeley, Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Jennifer Thomas Damalas

Votes: 18

19. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: It Is to Laugh (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Toony tries becoming a stand-up comic.

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

Votes: 5

20. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Lucille Ball and Mel Torme (1970)

TV-G | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Carol and Lucy do a Roaring 20's segment where they run away from mobsters and end up auditioning as showgirls, dressed all in pink, and sing the Poof Poof song.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 38

21. Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)
Episode: Episode #18.102 (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

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Stars: David Letterman, Robin Williams, Judy Greer, Paul Shaffer

22. Archie (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2023)

TV-14 | 46 min | Biography, Drama

Cary receives a wake-up call when his relationship with Dyan falters.

Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Harriet Walter, Laura Aikman, Laura McAlpine

Votes: 118

23. Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode: The Milk and Honey Route (2015)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama

Don is stuck in Oklahoma after his car breaks down. Betty discovers that she is not in good health. Pete gets an unexpected job offer that could enable him to get his life with Trudy and his daughter back.

Director: Matthew Weiner | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 2,826

24. Countdown (1982– )
Episode: Episode #71.97 (2014)

TV-14 | Game-Show

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Director: Derek Hallworth | Stars: Nick Hewer, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent, Len Goodman

25. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: Curse of the Undead (2013)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Jim Barton

Votes: 10

26. Anna Sulc (2015– )
Episode: Prílet do LA - Splnení mého snu?/USA Trip #1 (2017)

9 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

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Director: Anna Sulcová | Stars: Karel Kovár, Anna Sulcová

27. The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
Who's To Blame for the Alabama Disaster (2017 Podcast Episode)

51 min | Talk-Show

Roy Moore loses the U.S. Senate seat to Doug Jones, and Drew wonders whether Republicans will learn from it.

Stars: Andrew Klavan, Steve Bannon, Wolf Blitzer, Ted Crockett

28. The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
The Court Jester (2015 Podcast Episode)

28 min | Talk-Show

Andrew Klavan provides the sensitive and the easily offended with a trigger warning for the debut of his podcast, in which he discusses the politics of the Emmy awards ceremony.

Star: Andrew Klavan

29. Watchmen (2019)
Episode: This Extraordinary Being (2019)

TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Deep under the influence of Nostalgia, Angela gets a firsthand account of her grandfather's journey.

Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Regina King, Jean Smart, Don Johnson, Hong Chau

Votes: 9,582